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A ‘Game Changer’ for Patients With Esophageal Cancer

April 1, 2021 Global Cancer News

For decades, esophageal cancer has defied scientific attempts to discover a therapy that extends patients’ survival, year after year claiming the lives of such illustrious people as Humphrey Bogart, Christopher Hitchens and Ann Richards, the former governor of Texas. Now a large clinical…

New link between high testosterone in men and increased risk of melanoma

April 1, 2021 Global Cancer News

Melanoma skin cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the UK, with around 16,200 people diagnosed each year. And in the last decade the number of cases in men have increased by 47%. A new link between higher levels of testosterone…

Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare

April 1, 2021 Global Cancer News

A couple of years ago, Joseph Shrager, MD, professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford School of Medicine, noticed a statistical anomaly in his practice. It seemed that patients were diagnosed with lung cancer at a surprisingly higher rate at 65 years old…

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Avoid These Cancer-Causing Foods

April 1, 2021 Global Cancer News

Over the last several decades, certain foods have been vilified as being potentially carcinogenic, or capable of causing cancer. So which ones are the biggest culprits? And how can you eat to prevent cancer or reduce the chances of a recurrence if…

Researchers determine how aspirin helps prevent colon cancer

April 1, 2021 Global Cancer News

New research offers insight into why regular, long-term use of low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of death from colon and rectal cancers. Researchers have found that aspirin prevents blood cells called platelets from producing an enzyme that allows them to clump…

Therapeutic Vaccines Showed Long-term Anti-Cancer Effects for Melanoma

March 31, 2021 Global Cancer News

When people hear the word “vaccine”, they often think about vaccine’s preventive function that protects people from getting infectious diseases such as flu, hepatitis or Covid-19. It’s true that traditional vaccines are developed to prevent infectious diseases, but innovative scientists are developing…

The Benefits of Juicing: Fact vs Fiction

March 31, 2021 AFCR News, Cancer Prevention & Treatments

No matter who you are or where you live, everyone can benefit by following one simple rule: eat more vegetables! But is juicing also beneficial? To keep it simple, the Asian Fund for Cancer Research has broken down some myths and spelled…

Alcohol and Cancer

March 30, 2021 AFCR News, Cancer Prevention & Treatments

Which cancers are related to alcohol usage? The more alcohol one drinks, the higher their risk of cancer. Alcohol intake has been proven to be directly correlated with cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, liver, colon, rectum, and of course, breast. It…

Applications Open for the 2021 AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition!

March 17, 2021 AFCR News, WVC

Working with our strategic partners, the National Foundation for Cancer Research and AIM-HI Accelerator Fund (AIM-HI), AFCR have launched the inaugural Women’s Venture Competition in 2020. The AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition is a first-of-its-kind program that combines extensive coaching, networking and financial…

3 Things to Know Before Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine

March 8, 2021 AFCR News

A fast vaccination will push the world entering the stage of herd immunity, namely enough population will have gained immune protection against the COVID-19 virus and the infection will no longer be able to spread easily. Unlike healthy people, cancer patients need to…